Or how about a company with a REAL profit sharing plan? Where the profit the company makes gets 40% (or something) shaved off for rennovations and growth and the other 60% gets split equally between everyone who works there?

I work in a Dilbert Cartoon.

The more bland, the more 'vanilla', the more like a sheet of white paper, gormless, lacking in personallity, then, and only then, will you get anywhere.

If you are vibrant, creative, thinking, no dice - down the back of the bus sunshine.

I starting working for a small dynamic English company - it was great.
Got taken over by a Candian, sorry, Albertan Co., - it sucks.
Got taken over (again) by a Texan Co. - hmm., it sucks in a different way, a slightly better suck though.

I'm starting to get restless at my job because my paychecks are getting shorter and shorter and it's killing me and I live in Pennsylvania.

One way to drop the cost of housing in those high costs areas is to relocate to lower cost areas, en mass. There are other places in the country with similar jobs, possibly lower pay, but with a disproportionately lower cost of living and especially housing.

Case in point -- WalMart IT dept, pays crap compared to the rest of the country, but they do pay. A house 1 hour away (I spent more time than that in light rush hour traffic in Dallas), 2 bedroom, large storage building/garage, 3 acres of land, beautiful hilltop view, sold for $45,000 (that's less than $400 per month in house payments).

My girlfriend worked at a local restaurant. $10 an hour was about average. Yes, $20k per year blows, but it's managable with $450 per month rent on a decent 2 bedroom apt only 2 miles from work.

May be why Fayetteville, Ar hit one of the top 10 places to live in the US list. But there are a lot more like it, if you have the inclination to make a change in life.

And if the New England area started losing a lot of it's labor force and a lot of it's apartment dwellers, the pay would go up and the cost of housing would drop, making things nicer for those who stay :-) That's my economic model, though, and there is a reason why I do computer work for a living.

I love the irony of working at a company run by accountants.

So I just got a new job, and the offer paperwork mentioned a $500 per month limit on car milage (for a job which will involve some travel on my part), due to past abuses by employees. So, if the company won't budge fom that $500, it becomes cheaper for me to get a $400 plane ticket to travel 250 miles away, and rent a car for another $50, than it is to generate $180 in milage, because that might push me over my $500 limit... nice huh? I also love that it will take longer for me to get there and back that way, due to getting to the airport early, waiting for the return flight, etc... and my cost per hour (to the company) isn't exactly low, either.

We'll see how long that $500 limit lasts.

I am Jack's social revolution.

A boss that would check references might solve this problem. So I vote for both.

As I understand, that is what dividend checks are for. All you have to do is purchase stock in the company.

When there are a whole bunch of people who want to live in an area, and only a limited supply of land, it's inevitable.

Fortunately, it looks like the bubble is going to burst, although it's going to be rough on anyone who bought a house they couldn't afford on an interest-only mortgage and can't find any buyers at a break-even price on the house

I'll take managers who aren't soulless douchebags, please.

I don't particularly hate the inner workings of my job, which is definitely not your typical retail or cubicle farm experience. My problem is the shitty hours I am given. By the way, I'm also going to college so I have to schedule around classes and whatnot. This is what my schedule looks like for this week:

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday off. Wednesday I work 6:15 am to 9 am. Thursday I work 5:45 am to 9 am. Friday I work 6 to 9 am, then 2 to 10 pm. Saturday I have off for a show, but if I didn't, I'd be working probably 6 am to noon, then probably 6 pm to 11 pm. I requested approximately 15-20 hours per week, which is fine, but not when I get those 15-20 hours in a 2 day span when I am available for at least 5 hours every day of the week. And this Friday (when I am working 11 hours) I have tests in both my classes which I tend to skip just so I can stay awake at work, but obviously that isn't happening this week.

But other than that, I get to yell at people who are being dickheads and play on the computers when I'm not actually doing work, and for a HS-degree-only type job, it doesn't pay too horribly badly. So it's okay, except for the ridiculous hours.

I love the work I do. I get paid enough to live (Though I'm sure I'm worth more.) I just want to be treated with dignity, respect, given the credit I deserve and a gossip free workplace.
I work for a small, family run buisness. They are crooked and evil.
If not for that. I'd be a very happy person.

So you are saying that someone with a Ph.D. who works very hard and a person who sweeps should get the same piece of the pie?

Fuck that shit. I'd like to think that the assholes with golden parachutes and the soulless socialites like Paris Hilton can afford to pony up a bigger chunk of change than the rest of us, thanks. Also, it's the estate tax, not a fucking death tax. The richest 1% make life harder for the rest of us as it is. They can afford to take it in the ear some.